Ohio Innovation and Technology Association

What an incredible day! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 CyberOhio Summit. With 300 attendees from state and local government, higher education, and the private sector, this year’s Summit was our largest and most engaging yet. We’re grateful to our speakers, panelists, moderators, sponsors, partners, and vendor exhibitors for helping make today’s conversations so meaningful. The insights shared across every session—from threat intelligence and collective defense to public-sector best practices and statewide IT leadership—will help strengthen cybersecurity efforts across Ohio. A special thank-you to the Office of CyberOhio, our state agency leaders, and the many organizations who collaborated with us to bring this event to life. The Ohio Channel / Ohio Government Telecommunications recorded all sessions, and we will share the link as soon as it becomes available so the entire community can watch on demand. Thank you for making the 2025 CyberOhio Summit a success—and for being part of Ohio’s cybersecurity ecosystem. We look forward to continuing this work together!

A powerhouse closing session featuring: • Holly Drake (State of Ohio, CISO) • Jon Cook (Ohio Department of Agriculture, CIO) • Parvinder S. (Ohio Secretary of State, CIO) • Aaron McGraw (Ohio BWC (official), Deputy CIO) This team shared updates on governance, shared services, identity modernization, and resilience-first strategy.

Our SLED panel highlighted modernization, cloud strategy, funding complexity, and the human element behind cyber execution. • John Evans (World Wide Technology) • Tony Mansoor (Cleveland State University) • Nathan Norris (Ohio Department of Administrative Services) • Steve Whipkey (Franklin County) • Todd Flowers, CISSP (The Ohio State University) Brilliant perspectives from leaders navigating cyber across very different operating environments.

Our Collective Defense panel emphasized how shared intelligence, shared tooling, and shared rapid response create community-level resilience. Speakers included: • Joe Daw (IBM) • Michael Renshaw (Lumen Technologies) • Kim Roy Wilson (City of Cleveland - City Hall) • Enrique Alvarez (Google) • Moderator: Ryan Johnson (F5) Collaboration is not optional — it is the strategy.

Thank you to our Cyber Best Practices panel for delivering real-world strategies for schools, counties, agencies, and higher ed: • Abhishek Goel (Deloitte) • Bill Carter, CISSP (Fortinet) • Ryan McGurgan (KPMG US) • Michael G. (Palo Alto Networks) • Eoghan Casey (Salesforce) This session highlighted actionable steps for risk reduction, tool consolidation, workforce development, and budget-minded security maturity — content our community truly needs.

Our New Cyber Standards panel delivered crucial clarity for Ohio’s public sector, featuring: • Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State • Keith Faber, Auditor of State - Ohio of State • Kirk Herath, Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor & Chair of CyberOhio • Katrina Flory, State CIO, State of Ohio The conversation focused on election security, compliance expectations, statewide cybersecurity baselines, and accountability frameworks. A huge thank-you to our state leaders for their partnership and transparency.

Fantastic insights from our DBIR / Threat Landscape session with Wes W. of Verizon. Wes walked through key findings from Verizon’s latest DBIR report, breaking down the most common attack patterns, threat actors, and successful defensive strategies across public and private sectors. Thank you, Wes, for a powerful and practical session.

Thank you for joining us! We kicked off the 2025 CyberOhio Summit with opening remarks from Jennifer Flatter , Executive Director of OITA, Robert J. Kovey, President of OITA, and Lexie Meade of CyberOhio who emphasized the importance of collaboration between government, education, and industry to strengthen Ohio’s cybersecurity posture. We’re excited for a full day of discussions centered on partnership, innovation, and resilience. Let’s get to work — together.

Please see below from Jade Moyer at Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

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